If a government did this, there would be problems. But is it okay for a private party with nearly monopoly power in a bit of social mediaverse? How will these people be able to communicate to their audiences?

Those who are big fans of Freedom of Speech might reconcile themselves to the fact that writing something down isn’t speech. And those who are fans of Freedom of the Press may feel this isn’t “the Press.” Others may think it’s time to amend our Founding Documents to reflect some of the new technologies. And the private/public distinction.

Should we allow a private party to make these calls? Is the alternative chaos?

Governance (Facebook decides what it will and won’t allow). Information.

One can understand why the school doesn’t want parents to be able to listen in to what goes on at school. One can understand why a child’s parents might want to. But do other students have a right, enforceable by the school, not to be recorded? Couldn’t the school video-record the activity in a classroom, for educational or security reasons?

By Christian Liipfert

These are comments on selected news articles, looking at the intersection and interplay of information, governance, and compliance. I started this in August 2013 for a class I was teaching at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business on an introduction to information governance and information management.

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